Weekend at Belco 2022 Photos
5/06/2022
Twenty-one years after the inaugural competition, it just doesn’t feel right to call it the “Belco Bowl Jam” anymore—this thing has turned into a three-day rip riot with a huge lineup of Oz’s heaviest, traveling to a place you usually wouldn’t, Canberra. Only banter, we love you, Canberra. Thanks to your legal people for putting up with what was a relatively unannounced mass gathering through the streets of your city, kinda like a bogan/Australian version of Copenhagen Open—Boganhagen. Oh, and the skateboarding—there were cash grabs from arsehole to breakfast, with crews throwing down all over the joint to take their piece. Many kings and queens were crowned over the long weekend but the big one, “Lord of the Bowl,” went to Kieran Woolley, who etched it out with his foot-to-the-floor ripping. The expert judging panel agreed he deserved his title for the second year running. Honorable mentions in the pictures and captions below. —Wade Mclaughlin
Some of the crew rolled into Canberra early enough to hoon a Kambah session before the cash was even flowing. Ryan Helm, stale with a nod to GT
Mashy, frontside dead horse
“Hey, Kieran, do a backside air”
Nixen Osborne, Marley Rae and Jakob Robinson patiently wait
Kizz sniffs out a new one
Every edit needs a few clips of the cement
And Nixen Osborne flipped upside down to close out the session
Let's go back to the city to kick off the actual event
Liv Lovelace, front 5-0 in hot pursuit of Simo
This happened in the first five minutes. Ben Weir shot into an inconveniently-located pole. He was out for the event but was back grinding handrails through restaurants by Sunday
Then a short stroll across the road
It’d be unAustralian if there weren't benis
T Fynn in the house
Sammy Atkins has already done this blunt pop over, but he did it again for beer money...
Mitch Robertom, frontsy
Another short stroll to the next spot. Hi, Tegz, Adelaide and Sheezy!
Canberra Raiders made an appearance
Zesty throws a quick kickflip noseslide
Following up, Tommy takes his kickflips into a front board
From one Queenslander to another—get it, Diddy
Sam Atkins, frontside noseblunt
Sam Fairwether made light work of a few heavy tricks. Frontside 180 50-50
Barry Taniwha had a whoopsie. Aunty Sheezy to the rescue
Then Church Bar were rad enough to accommodate all of this
Cons Tapaited emerges from his shed
Jett Dehaan, waste enclosure yank out
Jakob goes frontside with it
The ol’ challenge Cons to a leg wrestle
But he’s built like a brick shit house
Kob taking the dump truck to the waste enclosure. Sorry…had to
Jay Runciman, barside Smith grind
Scooter girl even got some cash
Day two, we sparked the session at Telstra hip. Ben Currie goes at it the wrong way with a back 5-0
Mashy getting the legs going after a night in The Shed, back tail
Always love some doubles action
Rob Pace, front crooks to fakie
Carry on then
The triple set copped a Creature-coffin extension this year. Zesty tests it with a beautiful back lip
Next up, George Richards, back Smith
Another day, another fat noseblunt from Sam Atkins
Rob front crooks before things moved over to the double set
More additions, this time it's a kicker for Sam to boost off
Rob backs him up with a 180 nosegrind up
By the power vested in me
Lognardo blesses us with an NBD back 180
Shit went turbo when the local Canberrian rolled away
Lognardosh
Then the flip attempts ensued. There were three or four people trying kickflip at one stage. The shitty bricks and huge set claimed everyone else this year. Ben Currie got the closest. He basically rolled away then got bucked into the crowd
Ben got robbed of this kickflip and his carcass just couldn’t take any more hucks
Bit of claret
Justin Shmidt tried this hardflip for at least 45 minutes. He got close, lots. Let's revisit this photo when he lands it next time
"ONE MORE"
But soon enough, we had to move on. Lognardo for the win
Back to Belco skatepark. Uncle Niddy and Wacko enjoy a couple cans
Jesse Noonan AKA MC Yung Rad Dad
Liv throwin' down for some cash
Simo, Stipo, Reeceos and Floydos
Sam Atkins, switch back lip
And it's officially ON. Cons decks out a rock 'n' roll to fire it up
Same as it ever was
If you’re not first, you’re last
Mashy throwin’ the arse end out on a frontside air over the channel
Nixen used to be a Belco Boi. He’s never sad to be back
MC Cons
Kieran shut down longest grind. The Smith to 5-0 revert you saw on Instagram
That must have felt nice
Nixen, from where you’d rather not be
And he pulls it
Ryan Helm, gap to back tail
And a backside alley-oop Indy
Kieran, over the channel frontside invert
Yep, that was cooked
Steven Pineiro tamed a backside 360 to fakie and then backed himself up with a 540
Then threw an Omar
Cheers, Shavies!
And the moment we've all been waiting for, high-air time!
Cons tryna catch some three meteries
Ten-year-old Harvey Campbel throws his two cents in
Steven Pineiro, well up
RJ!
Not even a bread clip could fix this blowout
Back on! According to Cons, the best bait for a high air is a plugga
RJ, chicken wing to...
Broken wing. Hopefully next year we don’t see RJ carted out by paramedics
And again we have the annual "Watch Cons Try to Get Out of The Bowl" event
Enough halftime entertainment. Mitch Robertom wants to see a FRONTSYYY!
Lachie Abbott, padless madman
Cons flicking his lure at this exceptional three-metery by Lachie
Yep...
Josh Matwijiw, hooked
One more time
Channel extension was something else this year. Kieran tests the waters
Lachie christens it with a Smith grind
Kizz putting the foot down on a backside boneless
That’s a wrap on the bowl jam. Congrats, Kieran, on defending the title
THANKS, BELCO!
Now, off to the pub
On day three, everyone was feeling it from the last couple of days, plus the after party, plus The Shed. All those that remained headed to this heaps chill spot. Nixen Osborne, feeble fakie
Sam Owbridge kicked out some cash-money incentivized shits 'n' gigs
Kob Robinson had a spew in the bushes, dusted himself off then nosepicked the thing
Cons, a fine specimen
Nixen rifled off a few tricks where no one has hit before, and threw in this backside disaster for good measure
Then got busted up on a pivot fakie
Only three concussions on the weekend, not too bad
Jezza, Mash, Leaf and Brad—a vibe
Now, take another look at a couple blokes. That is all from this year's Belco Weekend. Thanks to the sponsors and everyone behind making it happen. 'Til next time, Canberra, you beauty
Some of the crew rolled into Canberra early enough to hoon a Kambah session before the cash was even flowing. Ryan Helm, stale with a nod to GT
Mashy, frontside dead horse
“Hey, Kieran, do a backside air”
Nixen Osborne, Marley Rae and Jakob Robinson patiently wait
Kizz sniffs out a new one
Every edit needs a few clips of the cement
And Nixen Osborne flipped upside down to close out the session
Let's go back to the city to kick off the actual event
Liv Lovelace, front 5-0 in hot pursuit of Simo
This happened in the first five minutes. Ben Weir shot into an inconveniently-located pole. He was out for the event but was back grinding handrails through restaurants by Sunday
Then a short stroll across the road
It’d be unAustralian if there weren't benis
T Fynn in the house
Sammy Atkins has already done this blunt pop over, but he did it again for beer money...
Mitch Robertom, frontsy
Another short stroll to the next spot. Hi, Tegz, Adelaide and Sheezy!
Canberra Raiders made an appearance
Zesty throws a quick kickflip noseslide
Following up, Tommy takes his kickflips into a front board
From one Queenslander to another—get it, Diddy
Sam Atkins, frontside noseblunt
Sam Fairwether made light work of a few heavy tricks. Frontside 180 50-50
Barry Taniwha had a whoopsie. Aunty Sheezy to the rescue
Then Church Bar were rad enough to accommodate all of this
Cons Tapaited emerges from his shed
Jett Dehaan, waste enclosure yank out
Jakob goes frontside with it
The ol’ challenge Cons to a leg wrestle
But he’s built like a brick shit house
Kob taking the dump truck to the waste enclosure. Sorry…had to
Jay Runciman, barside Smith grind
Scooter girl even got some cash
Day two, we sparked the session at Telstra hip. Ben Currie goes at it the wrong way with a back 5-0
Mashy getting the legs going after a night in The Shed, back tail
Always love some doubles action
Rob Pace, front crooks to fakie
Carry on then
The triple set copped a Creature-coffin extension this year. Zesty tests it with a beautiful back lip
Next up, George Richards, back Smith
Another day, another fat noseblunt from Sam Atkins
Rob front crooks before things moved over to the double set
More additions, this time it's a kicker for Sam to boost off
Rob backs him up with a 180 nosegrind up
By the power vested in me
Lognardo blesses us with an NBD back 180
Shit went turbo when the local Canberrian rolled away
Lognardosh
Then the flip attempts ensued. There were three or four people trying kickflip at one stage. The shitty bricks and huge set claimed everyone else this year. Ben Currie got the closest. He basically rolled away then got bucked into the crowd
Ben got robbed of this kickflip and his carcass just couldn’t take any more hucks
Bit of claret
Justin Shmidt tried this hardflip for at least 45 minutes. He got close, lots. Let's revisit this photo when he lands it next time
"ONE MORE"
But soon enough, we had to move on. Lognardo for the win
Back to Belco skatepark. Uncle Niddy and Wacko enjoy a couple cans
Jesse Noonan AKA MC Yung Rad Dad
Liv throwin' down for some cash
Simo, Stipo, Reeceos and Floydos
Sam Atkins, switch back lip
And it's officially ON. Cons decks out a rock 'n' roll to fire it up
Same as it ever was
If you’re not first, you’re last
Mashy throwin’ the arse end out on a frontside air over the channel
Nixen used to be a Belco Boi. He’s never sad to be back
MC Cons
Kieran shut down longest grind. The Smith to 5-0 revert you saw on Instagram
That must have felt nice
Nixen, from where you’d rather not be
And he pulls it
Ryan Helm, gap to back tail
And a backside alley-oop Indy
Kieran, over the channel frontside invert
Yep, that was cooked
Steven Pineiro tamed a backside 360 to fakie and then backed himself up with a 540
Then threw an Omar
Cheers, Shavies!
And the moment we've all been waiting for, high-air time!
Cons tryna catch some three meteries
Ten-year-old Harvey Campbel throws his two cents in
Steven Pineiro, well up
RJ!
Not even a bread clip could fix this blowout
Back on! According to Cons, the best bait for a high air is a plugga
RJ, chicken wing to...
Broken wing. Hopefully next year we don’t see RJ carted out by paramedics
And again we have the annual "Watch Cons Try to Get Out of The Bowl" event
Enough halftime entertainment. Mitch Robertom wants to see a FRONTSYYY!
Lachie Abbott, padless madman
Cons flicking his lure at this exceptional three-metery by Lachie
Yep...
Josh Matwijiw, hooked
One more time
Channel extension was something else this year. Kieran tests the waters
Lachie christens it with a Smith grind
Kizz putting the foot down on a backside boneless
That’s a wrap on the bowl jam. Congrats, Kieran, on defending the title
THANKS, BELCO!
Now, off to the pub
On day three, everyone was feeling it from the last couple of days, plus the after party, plus The Shed. All those that remained headed to this heaps chill spot. Nixen Osborne, feeble fakie
Sam Owbridge kicked out some cash-money incentivized shits 'n' gigs
Kob Robinson had a spew in the bushes, dusted himself off then nosepicked the thing
Cons, a fine specimen
Nixen rifled off a few tricks where no one has hit before, and threw in this backside disaster for good measure
Then got busted up on a pivot fakie
Only three concussions on the weekend, not too bad
Jezza, Mash, Leaf and Brad—a vibe
Now, take another look at a couple blokes. That is all from this year's Belco Weekend. Thanks to the sponsors and everyone behind making it happen. 'Til next time, Canberra, you beauty
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